GSA Annual Meeting 2023 | RUSH University

Welcome

We are excited to welcome you to Kansas City. Our conference will focus on mindsets, strategies, and practices that support renewal, repair, and restoration as we continue to emerge from the challenges of the past several years. Join your colleagues for this rewarding professional development opportunity bringing together learners and student affairs professionals.

Who Should Attend

The 2023 AAMC CGSA/SGSA/COSR/SOSR Regional Meeting is designed for individuals involved in:

All areas of undergraduate medical school student affairs
Student advising and career preparation
Medical school students and resident physicians
Student affairs, student records, admissions, recruiting, diversity, financial aid, and advising
Individuals from AAMC member institution medical schools, teaching hospitals, or specialty societies, non-profit medical education or professional organizations, or other health professional colleges or universities are encouraged to attend

Location & Accommodations

All conference events will be hosted at the Loews Kansas City Hotel in downtown Kansas City, MO.

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Schedule

Check out each day’s sessions below, or:

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Thursday, March 30

7:00 a.m.

Registration Opens

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Regional Meetings

Central OSR Regional Meeting (with breakfast)
Southern OSR Regional Meeting (with breakfast)

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

OSR Hot Topics

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch Plenary

Bridging the Gap

Opening Remarks: Chairs and Local Deans

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Break

1:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Creating a Psychologically Safe Work and Learning Environment to Foster Diversity and Inclusion

Jennifer Caceres, Jonathan Kolkana, Alicia Rootes

Survey Design for Student Affairs Professionals

Jeff Barbee, Brent McCoy

“GSA Well”: Promoting A Community Mindset for Wellness

Kathleen Kashima, Hilit Mechaber, NaShieka Knight, Michael Kavan

Assessing, Building, Enhancing a Career Program Utilizing AAMC CiM Tools and Institutional Resources

Sandra LaBlance, Alice Mills, Christopher Woleben, Oriana Ferman, Erin Horan

Who’s Knocking on the Back Door? Managing External Influence in Admissions

Daryl Rosenbaum, Modupeola Akinola

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Advancing Holistic Review with the AAMC PREview Exam

Rebecca Fraser

Wellness Programming for Medical Students: Is Required Attendance a Bad Thing?

Allison Perrin, David Trotter, Lauren Cobbs, Elisabeth Conser

Workshop on How the Entire Student Affairs Office can use AAMC Data and Reports

Jay Youngclaus, Lindsay Roskovensky

Medical Student Perspectives on the Impact of Pass/Fail USMLE Step 1

Ryan Ko, Dhweeja Disarathy, Lynn Leveille, Joseph R. Geraghty

Seeing the Unseen: Taking Action to Increase Inclusion and Belonging Amongst Medical Students

Megan Sharpe, Rebekah Russell, Lina Mehta, Monica Yepes-Rios, Phillip Rowland-Seymour, Todd Otteson

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Happy Hour Welcome to Kansas City

Kansas City Power & Light District

50 East 13th St. Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64106
2 blocks from the Loews

Friday, March 31

7:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Hot Topics Breakfast

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.

Break

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Plenary

NEXT Step 1: Navigating Expectations Following the Transition of USMLE Step 1 to Pass/Fail Scoring

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

Building an Interviewer Training Module

Brian Steele, Sandra Leppin

The Chief Tutor Hierarchy in Peer Education, a Post Covid, and P/F Step 1 Restructuring

Robert Rowe, Olivia Mittel, Sharon Gordon, Shorye Durrett

Early Interventions to Foster Professional Identify Formation (PIF) at New Student Orientation

Shireen Madani Sims, Shelley Collins, Phuong Huynh

Engaging Stakeholders to Explore Key Tensions Related to the Transition of USMLE Step 1 to Pass/Fail Scoring

Stephanie Calato, Pasquale Manzerra, Lauren Cobbs, Kathleen Kashim, Ryan Ko, Dhweeja Disarathy, Lynn Leveille, Joseph R. Geraghtya

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Centering Community, Identity & Advocacy in Medical School Orientation

Jay Behel, Princess Currence, Alyssa Cannataro

Engaging Students in Student Affairs, Pathways for Collaboration

Kristen Heath, Erin Dafoe, Emily Walvoord, Chase Salmon, Evelyn Crowley

Towards a Trauma-Informed Medical School

Niki Messmore

Representation in Simulation: The Medical Student Perspective

Shane Scott, Megan Sharpe, Yak Nak, Cache Alford, James Read, Sheryl Pfeil

Generational Impacts on Professional Identity Formation

Jennifer Caceres, Lauren Cobbs, Joshua Hanson, Christina Grabowski, Angela Mihalic

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.

Networking Boxed Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

From Admissions to Graduation: Using Admission Student Characteristics to Map Resources

Crystal Bryce, Gisele Abron, Katherine Stone, Amanda Lynn

CASA: A Program to Navigate Career and Specialty Advising

Kelli Krase, Lisa Gilmer, Erin Hecker, Kaylee Story, Valerie Poulson

Evaluating the Performance of the Performance Evaluation: Time to Revise the Template for the MSPE?

C. Alexander Grieco, Sandra LaBlance, Corey Koperski

A Holistic Approach to STEP 1 and STEP 2 CK: Academic Support and Personal Well-being

Jovan Rivera, Nathaly Desmarias, Amira Mohammed, Joseph Rinaldi

The Evolving At-Risk Student: A Pre-Post COVID Examination of Professionalism and Academic Concerns

David Trotter, Elisabeth Conser, Allison Perrin, Felix Morales, Lauren Cobbs

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Rapid Fire Sessions

Rapid Fire: DEI

Evaluating Clerkship Narratives for Bias Against Gender
Evolution of a Transgender and Gender Diverse Curriculum in a Challenging Political Environment
Implementation of the LEAP Program to Improve Diversity of Future Physicians

Rapid Fire: Support & Wellness

Evaluating a Peer Support Program for USMLE Step Preparation in a New Curriculum
Implementing an Online Longitudinal Careers Curriculum
Resilience as a Moderator of Medical Student Stress, Burnout, and Well-Being

Rapid Fire: Orientation

Pre-Matriculation FUEL Program Curriculum for Underrepresented First Year Medical Students
Redesigning First-Year Orientation to Enhance a Culture of Belonging, Confidence, & Resilience
Think Like a JEDI: Shaping Student Communities through JEDI Instruction at New Student Orientation

Rapid Fire: Admissions

MMI vs. Traditional: Investigating Efficacy of Student Interview Process
Combined Rapid Fire - Title TBD
Bridging The Gap: The Impact of the Pathways to Success (PAWS) Program

Rapid Fire: Challenges & Opportunities

Playing the Hand You’re Dealt in Student Tracking
Proactive/Intrusive Practices in Advising - Practical Ways to Implement Proactive Advising
Brave New Step 1 World? How Medical Schools can Support Students at Pivotal Training Timepoints

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Break

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Birds of a Feather: COA
Birds of a Feather: COSA
Birds of a Feather: COSDA
Birds of a Feather: COSR
Birds of a Feather: OSR

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Posters Reception

Saturday, April 1

Renew, Repair, Restore

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